It cannot be denied, that climate change, global economy, migration of population, social, economic, ecological and resources aspects do change the whole world and society. More and more joint responsibility and participation in the fields of human recourses, environment and sustainability tends to grow, and this process directly influenced by increase of communication and distance opportunities for collaboration. Joint responsibility drives people to be more involved in global issues \u2013 they do not want to stay aside, but share, inspire and motivate for collaboration to create more sustainable solutions. Everyone can be the motivator, the initiator or mentor of positive socio-economic changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This increased attention to social issues has stemmed both from the growth of existing actors and activities and from the creation of entirely new types of organisations, enterprises and behaviours. Social economy<\/span> <\/a>is a third sector among economies between the private (business) and public sectors (government). Social economy organizations have different legal forms and various objectives, ranging from agriculture and banking to provision of employment and sheltered workshops. It includes organizations such as cooperatives, non-profit organizations, social enterprises and charities. European social economy is made of 2 million enterprises, representing 10% of all European enterprises, and employs over 14 million workers (the equivalent of 6.5% of the working population in the EU) (1)<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n Social economy organizations differ from private and public organizations by their purpose: this is a different model of enterprise, which continuously associates the general interest, economic performance and democratic governance. Social economy enterprises\u2019 main purpose is to serve their members rather than to maximise profits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Social enterprise<\/span><\/a> is a social economic operator that carries out economic activities addressing social and\/or environmental problems. Social enterprises have a clear \u201csocial mission\u201d. It means that the social entrepreneur clearly knows what efforts it takes to improve the lives of the public, whom it is trying to help and has a plan how to do it. Its funding model may be a hybrid, but the bulk of their income comes from provided services or sold products. The profit of social enterprise is utilized for the social or environmental problems solving, reinvesting in their social mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Social entrepreneurship is exactly new method to be used to overcome existing challenges as main aim of social entrepreneurship is to bring positive impact of society through different innovative approaches in employment, poverty reduction, and better access to education (inclusive education), social security, medical assistance and protection of environment. (2)<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n The members of social enterprises shares ethical values of social economy, namely, caring, sharing, self-reliance, honesty, democracy, equality, learning, ecological consciousness, social justice and openness.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n